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Summit shifts focus to students

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Summit owns a deep history, complete with tradition and expectation. Any changes to such a longstanding event must be handled with the utmost care. Even if every consideration is taken, feathers surely will be ruffled; but Brady Bryce and the office of ministry events have done an excellent job bringing the Summit's focus back to students, and ... [Read More…]

Tent shelters 24-hour prayer

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By Brittany Brand ACU students will come together in prayer in a tent outside Moody Coliseum 24 hours a day for the entire week of Summit. By Wednesday, students will have prayed for 192 hours straight. The tent opened at midnight Saturday and will close at midnight Saturday - seven days of continuous prayer. The students pray nonstop because ... [Read More…]

Speakers, Chapel credits draw student interest

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By Bailey Neal The banner is up, and so are students' expectations as the 92nd ACU  Summit week approaches. ACU has invited a series of renowned speakers to lecture on topics and struggles Christians may face. The consensus is that many students attend Summit solely for the Chapel credits, said Alena Weeks, sophomore psychology major from ... [Read More…]

Summit schedule revamped for 2009

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Summit attendees will be "On the Mountain With God" at the 103rd annual Summit, previously known as Lectureship, on Sept. 20-23. Students, faculty, staff and alumni will be brought together "in the name of Jesus," according to the event's brochure. The complete Summit theme is "On the Mountain With God: Exodus Expedition," and it is directed by ... [Read More…]

‘Blue Like’ author to speak at Summit

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By Lezlee Gutierrez, Student Reporter The Students' Association Congress is planning ahead this year to welcome Donald Miller, New York Times' best-selling author, next semester during Summit. SA gave more than $2,000 to bring Miller to campus, and some are calling the event the "SA Wednesday" of Summit. "We are very excited about this fall," ... [Read More…]

Summit conference obtains new symbol

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By Cara Leahy, Student Reporter Richard Diaz Jr.'s digitally-enhanced photograph of an evergreen became a symbol for next year's Summit conference when his piece took first place in a Summit student art contest. The annual contest is open to all students, undergraduate and graduate. In fact, Diaz is a senior nontraditional BAS student of ... [Read More…]

This year’s Summit to display student artwork

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By Linda Bailey, Student Reporter The Office of Ministry Events is collecting original artwork by students to display during this year's Summit. Dr. Brady Bryce, director of Ministry Events, said students have until Feb. 15 to take an active role in Summit by submitting artwork that visually communicates the theme On the Mountain with God: ... [Read More…]

Summit classes tackle topic of same-sex attraction

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By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Sally Gary, assistant professor of communication and Center Peace founder, opened her three-part session Monday morning entitled "Nothing Can Separate Us: God's Love for the Same-Sex Struggler." Gary provides compassion and support for Christians struggling with same-sex attraction personally and through her ... [Read More…]

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